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Spice Girl, Melanie B's debut, Hot acknowledges the warped, sexy, funky grooves of R&B pop through imitation. Unlike her contemporaries, Destiny's Child, Mel's voice is sadly devoid of soul and range. Owing to these limitations, Hot sounds like a producer's album rather than Mel's chance to shine without the others. Sisqo, long-time Janet Jackson collaborators, Jam & Lewis and Teddy Riley supply the grooves, Mel offers her loud and upfront personality. Sensibly Mel has chosen to exclude her cover of Cameo's "Word Up" and this decision goes in her favour. Although her collaboration with Missy Elliott, "I Wa
Spice Girl, Melanie B's debut, Hot acknowledges the warped, sexy, funky grooves of R&B pop through imitation. Unlike her contemporaries, Destiny's Child, Mel's voice is sadly devoid of soul and range. Owing to these limitations, Hot sounds like a producer's album rather than Mel's chance to shine without the others. Sisqo, long-time Janet Jackson collaborators, Jam & Lewis and Teddy Riley supply the grooves, Mel offers her loud and upfront personality. Sensibly Mel has chosen to exclude her cover of Cameo's "Word Up" and this decision goes in her favour. Although her collaboration with Missy Elliott, "I Want You Back", is there in all its dark and sexy neo-disco glory, it's not indicative of the album. The ace two-step flavoured "Step Inside" proves that up-tempo pop is her forte but boy, does she begin to let the side down. As Hot is partly about the break-up of her marriage, Melanie indulges in lots of melancholic spoken-word interludes circa Janet Jackson's Control. It's not very good, mainly because her yearning is so ludicrously overblown. This weakness for amateur dramatics also applies to Mel's sordid attempt to be sexy on "Feel Me Down". But what works is pretty fab. She blows in with "Feel So Good", an irresistible slice of radio-friendly sunshine pop, follows that with the funky "Tell Me" and manages to disarm us with "Lullaby", a lovely, folky ballad. --Maxine Kabuubi
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Manufacturer: Virgin
Release date: 9 October 2000
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0766486260528 UPC: 766486260528
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